Housed ironing-board



C. V. HUNTINGTON HQUSED IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION mm mm: 13, 1919.

Patented July 19, 1921.

ATTORNEY PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. HUNTINGTON, OF WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HOUSED IRONING-IBOABD.

Application filed June 13,

, tion as to the wall of a room or building,

to be foldable when not in use to an incon spicuous position in unobstructive relation to the interior of the room as for example in an alcove or recess in the wall thereof, and in that connection to provide a device wherein the necessity for the adjustment or special arrangement of braces or supporting means in moving the board from its operative to its inoperative position, or the reverse thereof is eliminated, to permit of the adjustment of the board in either of said posi' tions by the simple movement of swinging the same from one to the other.

To this end the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in detail, it being understood that changes in form and proportion may be resorted to within the scope of the claim without departing from the principle involved.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of the device arranged in operative relation with a housing formed in the wall of a room.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the board and its related parts in the folded or housed position.

is a front view of the same showing t e parts in the positions indicated in %he board which is indicated at 10 and may obviously be of any desired size and formation is hinged as at 11, to a cleat 12 which may be secured to the wall or to the surface of a housing or alcove or recess 13 formed in the wall 1 1 as indicated in the drawing, and connected with the board at an intermediate point of its length by means of a hinge 15 or the equivalent thereof is a brace 16 consisting of the relatively foldable elements 17 and 18 which in turn are hinged together as shown at 19. The adjacent extremities of the brace elements 17 and 18 which are connected foldably by the hinge Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 803,933.

19 being the inner terminals of said elements; the outer terminal of the element 17 is connected 'b means of the hinge 15 to the board as above noted in operative relation with a stop or shoulder 20 represented by a beveled edge of a transverse cleat 21 attached to and forming a brace for the board, while the outer terminal of the brace element 18 is hinged as at 22 to a rest 23 represented in the construction illustrated by the upper edge of a bar 24-. arranged in the cavity or housing 13 so that when the board is in the folded position indicated in Fig. 2 the outer extremity of the element 18 of the brace bears upon the rest 23 and serves to hold the board in its folded position. It will be noted that the hinge 19 is so related with the inner or adjacent extremities of elements 17 and 18 as to necessitate the outward or forward breaking of the joint in order to permit of the movement of the board from the folded position indicated in Fig. 2 to the open or extended position shown in Fig. 1.

As the board swings toward the extended position the element 18 of the brace describes an are which draws the inner end of the brace element 17 into contact with a rest or seat 25 formed in the construction illus trated as the outer edge of a bar 26 also secured in or forming a part of the housing, and said element 18 by swinging at its inner terminal over said bar 26 not only insures the proper seating of the inner end of the element 17 thereon but prevents any sagging of the latter which would detract from the stability of the ironing board while in use.

In the movement of the ironing board from its folded position to the extended position indicated in Fig. 1, the elements of the brace approach and finally assume the relative positions indicated in Fig- 2 where they constitute a lock to hold the board in its folded position, without .attention or manipulation on the part of the operator. To return the board to its operative position, therefore, it is only necessary to break the joint at the inner or adjacent extremities or terminals of the elements 17 and 18, by the slight pres sure sufiicient to deflect said terminals from the direct line of the brace in order to per mit the board to swing outwardly and assume the positively braced position of Fig. 1.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

The combination housing formed 7 edly connected With a Wall having a therein, ozt an ironing board together at their adjacent extremities, a transverse cleat mounted on the board at an lntermediate point in its length and formed with a beveled edge constltut ng a stop 7 the brace,the s for oneof the elements of aid element being hingedly attached to the board adjacent the clcat, a transversely disposed rest spanning the housing and having the other element of the connected to it, and a transbar mounted in the housing adjacent the bottom thereof and having its outer edge beveled for abutting en agement said element constituting the foldable brace.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES V. HUNTINGTON. 

